Sinker.



F. E. CHESTER. SINKER. APPLICATION FILED PEEG, 1912.

1,068,409, Patented July 29, 1913.

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' turned outward at i the eye member FRANK E. CHETEE,

names.

03 PROVIDENCE, BHOJDE ISLAND.

SINKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.v Application filed February 6, 1912. Serial No. 675,784.

Patented may as, rare.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, FRANK E. Cameras, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Providence, in the count of Providence and State of Rhode Island, ave

invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sinkers, of which the a specification, reference being to the accompanying drawing.

This invention re ates to eye members for sinkers of the class to be attached to fishing lines, and has for its object to rovide an eye member for such a sinker, t e same comprising a short wire bent substantially upon itself forming a loop at the bend, the op osite ends of the w1re bein flattened and anang e to the body thereof and in different lanes, each flattened end forming an anc or for firmly Se: curin .the ends in the bodywhen the lead is mo ded around them.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certaln novel features of construction, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

Of the accompanyin drawings Figure 1- shows the lead sin er, in section, wlth the eye members in position at either end thereof, and the end of the member being securely anchored in the body Fig. 2 is a detail of the wire. from which following is had therein is constructed showing the ends as flattened. Fig. 3- shows the wlre eye member bent up into the form of a loop,

the legs of the loop being of different lengths. h

and their ends flattened and turned outward at an angle thereto in different lanes Referring to the drawing, 1. eslgnates the body portion of the sinker which is constructed of lead, or other suitable material,

engths of the 2 designating the eye members each of which is constructed of a short piece of wire 3, see Fig. 2, the ends of, the wire being flattened as at 44 and said wlre'being then bent back substantially upon itselfas shown in Fig. 3, a loop or eye 2 being formed at the bend. The leg 7 of the member is some what longer than leg 6 and the ends. 8 and 9 of these legs are each turned outward in substantially opposite directions and at an angle to their respective legs. The different egs causes. the anchors to exof the sinker.

sinker.

these little eye sinker. It is found in practice very desirable and advantageous in the construction of sinkers and eye members of this character that the legs of the latter should be as short as possible, but when both are made short and of the same length they are apt to project through both sides of the sinker, particularly when the sinker is of the narrow oval type suggestedin Fig. 1 of the drawing, thereby weakening the lead in the body portion at this point. To obviate this weakening tendency one leg is made longer than the other so as to project farther into the body of the sinker thereby materially lessening the liability of the lead to separate at the point where the ends of the wire are turned outward when subjected to a severe strain. These legs are preferably set a short tend in diiferent'planes into the body of the i distance apart leaving a space at 10 between them into which the lead may run to more securely engage, lock and hold the members in position in the body of the sinker when the lead is molded around them. There are a number of practical reasons why this eye member should be made exactly in the form illustrated, among others being, first, by

making the same very short it can be made very rapidly on an automatic wire bending machine and dropped out complete, its ends having been flattened and turned outward ready. to be molded into the body of the Second, by being made in a loop form it has two ends instead of one to be anchored in the body whereby it is firmly eld' and positively prevented from ever being withdrawn therefrom. Third, the mini mum amount of wire is required by which the desired result can be accomplished and this with the minimum extent.

In making sinkers. having eye members of my improved construction the wire is fed to an automatic wire bending. machine and members are dropped out complete and ready for use. They are then placed at either end of a mold and thelead poured in which flows around their legis and out, turned flattened feet thereby anchoring and he sinker is then removed from the mold complete having a firmlyfixed eye member at each end through which the fishing line may be passed and fastened, these outwardly binding them in position.

turned feet positively preventing drawal of the the sinker. I claim:

An eye member the with-- eye members from the body of for sinkers comprising a short Wire bent substantially upon ltself forminga loop at the bend, the legs of the member being setslightly apart and one longer than the other, the end of each leg 10 being the leg, said fl flattened and turned out at an angle to attened ends being on different FRANK E. CHESTER.

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HOWARD E. BARLOW, BERTHA L. DOLL. t 

